Swordheart
novel 2018 The Saint of Steel
Record
| First published | 2018 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781614504634 |
Synopsis
Halla, a housekeeper who has spent a decade caring for a wealthy great-uncle, unexpectedly inherits his estate, and with it his money-hungry relatives, full of devious plans to wrest the inheritance from her. Locked in her bedroom, she takes down the ancient sword that has hung dusty on the wall since before she arrived and unsheathes it, and a man appears: Sarkis, an immortal warrior trapped in a prison of enchanted steel and sworn to protect whoever wields the sword. For Halla, a most unusual wielder, he finds himself fending off not grand armies and deadly assassins but everything from kindly-seeming bandits to roving inquisitors to her own in-laws. But as Halla and Sarkis grow closer, they overlook the biggest threat of all: the sword itself. Set in the world of the Saint of Steel and the Clocktaur War; followed by Daggerbound.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Saint of Steel
- Series: Swordheart ; position 1 of 2 in the series' recorded order
- Author: T. Kingfisher
Notes
- A standalone-turned-duology fantasy-romance novel set in the same 'World of the White Rat' shared setting as the Core Canon Saint of Steel novels and The Clocktaur War duology. Registered Expanded Canon on the same shared-setting basis. Its sequel, Daggerbound (Swordheart #2), published 2026-08-25 and was added to the catalog the same day.
- From the series record (Swordheart): T. Kingfisher's Swordheart duology, set in the same 'World of the White Rat' shared setting as the Core Canon Saint of Steel novels. Registered Expanded Canon.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series Swordheart: position 1 of 2: next Daggerbound (2026)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Swordheart
- Rating-platform listing: The World of the White Rat series by T. Kingfisher
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._Kingfisher
- Bramble / Orbit (publisher description)
- Argyll Productions (publisher description)
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